Harry Smith Biography

Fast Facts

• Graduated from Central College with a degree in Communications and Theater
• Joined CBS News as a reporter in Dallas in 1986 and later became a contributor for "CBS Evening News with Dan Rather․"
• Worked at radio stations in Cincinnati and Denver for several years before moving to television in 1981
• Quote: "(On his early interest in broadcasting): "My mother tells this story that I came home one time when I was 4 or 5, stood on a chair and demanded to be heard․""
• Worked as the co-anchor for "CBS This Morning" from 1987 to 1996
• Best known as a journalist who hosted "The Early Show" and is the host and narrator of "Biography․"
• Was an anchor and reporter for CBS for the 1992 and 1994 Olympic Games